"objectification" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɒbˌd͡ʒɛkt.ɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃʌn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-objectification.wav [US] Forms: objectifications [plural]
Etymology: object + -ification, following objectify. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|object|ification}} object + -ification, {{m|en|objectify}} objectify Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} objectification (countable and uncountable, plural objectifications)
  1. The process of objectifying something. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: objectivization, reification, thingification Derived forms: self-objectification Translations (Translations): 物化 (wùhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), 客體化 (Chinese Mandarin), 客体化 (kètǐhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), 對象化 (Chinese Mandarin), 对象化 (duìxiànghuà) (Chinese Mandarin), objectification [feminine] (French), cosificación [feminine] (Galician), Objektifizierung [feminine] (German), Verdinglichung [feminine] (German), החפצה (hakhpatsa) [feminine] (Hebrew), 対象化 (taishō-ka) (alt: たいしょうか) (Japanese), 物化,モノ化 (mono-ka) (alt: ものか) (Japanese), 客体化 (kyakutai-ka) (alt: きゃくたいか) (Japanese), 物象化 (busshō-ka) (alt: ぶっしょうか) (Japanese), coisificação [feminine] (Portuguese), reificação [feminine] (Portuguese), objetificação [feminine] (Portuguese), cosificación [feminine] (Spanish), objetificación [feminine] (Spanish), objektifiering [common-gender] (Swedish), obhetipikasyon (Tagalog)

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